What if he only cupped one ear? would this be only half as shocking, or doubly as shocking because he hasn't even correctly mastered the ear cupping technique?
I wasn't aware there was ear cupping etiquette.
Tevez used to do it to his own fans cheering him when he scored, and that's the only time I can ever remember being remotely concerned by an ear cup, principally because I was concerned that Tevez might actually be trying to indicate that he was going death.
With its penchant for sweetness over spice, and its arguably excessive use of oil, the Shanghai cuisine can be among the most fattening in China. While rice is usually preferred to the less healthy option of noodles and the sodium content is generally lower than in other parts of the country, when you factor in the sugar and oil content of a standard meal, the risk of coronary problems or other potentially fatal diseases such as diabetes is naturally increased.
Given that £634,000-a-week is an awful lot of money in any part of the world and would certainly go a long way in the buffets of Shanghai, it is entirely possible that Carlos Tevez was indeed going death. Perhaps, on some level, he knew - even while here at United - that his holiday in China would come eventually, and at great risk to his arteries. His ear cupping might have been nothing more than him hearing the faint, phantomly sound of Fuchun Xiaolong calling his name.
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that the same thing is now happening to Antony. In fact, I would say that this scenario is a lot more likely than the interpretation that he has willfully committed some cardinal sin by cupping his ears.
